Ophthalmic Services: Waiting Lists

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to help ensure that waiting times for ophthalmic services are not causing people to seek private emergency eye care.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2026

On the general issue of waiting times for ophthalmic National Health Services, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 11 September in the House of Lords in response to Question HL2582.

Information on NHS waiting times broken down by provider and region is published on a monthly basis at the following link:

https://data.england.nhs.uk/dashboard/rtt

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